Students studying criminal justice now can complete specialized crime analyst training as part of their coursework, ensuring they can make a direct impact in crime analysis sooner.

The three-year funding initiative will provide holistic, community-based strategies to prepare Orlando students for careers in high-demand fields.

Joseph Hoayun ’22 ’26MSEM helps test the spacecraft systems that’ll carry astronauts farther in space and bring them home safely.

Annie Swift ’26 turned a theatre education from UCF into a career building the immersive haunted houses behind Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights, where every detail helps tell a story.

With full tuition covered, hands-on experience and civilian jobs lined up, these Knights are preparing to advance aerospace technology, strengthen digital security and tackle emerging defense challenges.

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Space Game, 10 space-themed vehicles were customized for children with mobility challenges.

In celebration of the Space Game’s 10th anniversary, journey through six decades of UCF’s space story — from the origin of America’s Space University to the people and discoveries pushing exploration forward today.

As transportation office program lead engineer in NASA’s Moon Base Program, Teresa Kinney ’11MS is helping shape the systems that will move cargo and critical capabilities to and across the lunar surface.

Space has always inspired what Knights do. The same unstoppable spirit that launched UCF still drives us — to challenge, lead and dare to explore the unknown.

As World Space Week comes to a close and we look ahead to UCF Space Week — Oct. 25-30 — Barry S. Miller College of Business Dean Paul Jarley discusses UCF’s influential role in supporting all aspects of the space industry.

Celebrating 10 years of the UCF Space Game, the 2026 uniforms pay tribute to NASA’s beginnings and UCF’s origin as America’s Space University.

This graduate-level course offers a behind-the-scenes look at the policy, management and administrative mechanisms that help power the space exploration industry.

Professor Ivan Haigh and a team of researchers from around the world found that knowing when coastal floods are most likely to occur could improve forecasting and preparedness as sea levels rise.

The honorees are advancing discovery across fields ranging from transportation safety and quantum science to tourism, disaster resilience and emerging technology.

Supporting NASA’s proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, UCF researchers aim to help overcome one of the greatest challenges in modern astronomy: directly imaging Earth-like planets orbiting stars.